Upperby

Upperby is a former village, now a suburb of Carlisle, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,476. In 1870–72 the township/chapelry had a population of 595.

Upperby is a former village, now a suburb of Carlisle, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,476. In 1870–72 the township/chapelry had a population of 595. ==Notable residents== Portrait miniature painter, Thomas Heathfield Carrick (4 July 1802 – 1874) was born here. Artist, Thomas Bushby (1861 – 1918) came to Carlisle in 1844 to work for Hudson Scott and Sons (now the Metal Box Company) as a designer. He painted in watercolours and exhibited at the Royal Academy. His paintings of local cottages featured in a series of coloured postcards printed by Chas. Thurnam of Carlisle, and numerous scenes around Carlisle were published as postcards in the "Dainty" series by ETW Dennis, including a set of six Lake District views. Perhaps he did not actually live in Upperby, but so many of his paintings feature scenes from Upperby, Brisco, Blackwell or Cummersdale as to suggest that he must have known these localities very well. Author and journalist, George MacDonald Fraser (2 April 1925 – 2 January 2008) was born and brought up in Currock, close enough to Upperby to be known locally as "Dr. Fraser's boy". He is best known for the Flashman series of novels, and Quartered Safe Out Here, an autobiography of his wartime experiences in Burma with the Border Regiment. After the war he was commissioned in the Gordon Highlanders and later was deputy editor of the Glasgow Herald. ==External links== Cumbria County History Trust: Carlisle : St. Cuthbert Without (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

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